jpdb beta

lump; mass; group; crowd; embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification

1

military force; military strength

2

jurisdiction

2

as a matter of fact; actually; effectively; in reality; in effect

2

manager; controller; chief treasurer; boss (of a gambling den)

1

objection; refutation; rebuttal; counterargument

6

process; course; mechanism

2

people

1

deep blue; bright blue; ghastly pale; pallid; white as a sheet

2

betterment; improvement; kaizen (Japanese business philosophy of continuous improvement)

6

hope; promise; expectation; anticipation; side of a structural member

3

gallant; dashing; jaunty

2

(very) beginning; start

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lecture; sermon; preaching; scolding; preaching; moralizing

2

office work; clerical work; administration; business; affairs

1

to be at wits' end; to be greatly perplexed; to be troubled

4

chuckle; giggle

1

dazzling; glaring; dazzlingly beautiful

3

one roll; one book; one volume; first volume; rolling once; wrapping once around

4

to continue (for a long time); to occur in succession; to come next (e.g. on TV)

2

volume 1; first volume

2

counter for months

1

volume (of book); reel (of film); scroll (of books or paintings); roll (paper, etc.)

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one year ago

3

revising (a manuscript); rewriting; revised manuscript

4

to re-think; to think back upon; to change one's mind

6

publication (e.g. of an article in a newspaper); carrying (e.g. a story); running (e.g. a serial); insertion (e.g. of an advertisement); printing; posting (e.g. on the web)

2

rapid increase; sharp rise; proliferation; surge; explosion

1

sudden change; upheaval

1

to take for granted; to assume; to pretend (to be); to pose (as); to go through with (what one decided to do); to persist in doing

1

unexpected (joy, success, etc.); unanticipated; beyond what one hoped; beyond one's expectations

1

favorable reception; good reputation; popularity

3

quality; value; nature; inherent quality; logical quality

2

disappointment; despair

2

equilibrium; good balance; poise

1

alternating between happiness and anxiety; swinging between joy and sorrow; being glad and sad by turns; oscillating between optimism and pessimism

2

trouble; troubles; worry; distress; sorrows; anguish

7

neither this nor that; being at a loss; humming and hawing; shilly-shallying

1

depression; low spirits; dejection

1

personal affair; one's own affair

1

thankfully; fortunately; luckily; mercifully

1

incoherent; wandering; vague; rambling; whimsical

1

notes; draft; manuscript

1

advice

1

chatting; idle talk

1

to amuse oneself; to make merry

1

every night; nightly

2

chat

1

(not) anything; (nothing) at all; (not) any

1

to replace; to convert; to exchange; to interchange; to substitute (person, staff member, player, etc.)

3